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The story of Italian families immigrating to various cities in Northeast Ohio starting in the late 1800’s and early 1900’s has been documented in books and newspapers for many years. One city that remained unexplored was the Akron and Summit County area. Now, there is a new book published by John Vallillo and available to order on the Amazon and Ba...

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A long-time member of NIAF Board of Directors, Mr. Tosi is poised to help shape the future of the Rome City Institute and its students. With students from over 50 different countries, the Rome City Institute offers an innovative blend of international education and high-level collegiate sports, allowing students to balance collegiate athletics with...

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Rumor has it (A.K.A, TikTok) that if you order a cappuccino in Italy past 11 a.m., the Italian baristas and servers will poke fun at you (that has never actually happened to me in my travels to Italy, and I order a cappuccino at dinner when I’m there, by the way). Fortunately, that’s not the case of Central Ohio’s first Qargo Coffee location, where...

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2025 marks the 18th year of CWRU and the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures Program in Italian collaborating with Italian Film Festival USA (IFFUSA), the CWRU Film Society, and the campus student organization for Italian, La Dolce Vita, to host Italian Film Festival USA - Cleveland in Strosacker Auditorium.  This year we also thank the...

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A brief history, on October 12, 1955 (Columbus Day), the City of Genoa, Italy became Columbus’ first Sister City. For almost 70-years now, the local “Greater Columbus Sister Cities International, Inc” (GCSCI) organization has established a long-standing cultural relationship with Genoa that includes one hallmark event, the local bi-annual Columbus...

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Pete and Philomena Corrova look out over the dining room at TAT Ristorante di Famiglia, the way they might have 96 years ago when it first opened in another part of town. Their son, Jimmy, and his brothers, Frankie and Tony, are part of the tableau. Jimmy always said at least one member of the family should be in the restaurant from open to close....

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Aging membership rosters and insufficient funding to cover operational costs is a typical plight for a social organization these days, and the Leetonia Italian-American Club (ITAM) is no different. They kicked off their busiest fundraising time during the day of January, when they will be slinging fish for the next couple months. Kelly Knapp, who i...

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In the early 1550s, Renaissance painter Jacopo Tintoretto (1518–1594) made a series of paintings for the Scuola della Trinità in Venice depicting scenes from the Book of Genesis. Now, after a year-long study and restoration project, three of these paintings— The Creation of the Animals, The Temptation of Adam, and Cain and Abel—will be shown togeth...

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La Serie A vuole battere la Premier League nella corsa a ospitare le partite di regular season negli Stati Uniti Anche nel 2025 a Toledo in Ohio si terrà il Superbowl italiano Ciao e aloha: la festa Italiana nelle Hawaii L'italoamericano John Giordano è stato nominato Procuratore degli Stati Uniti per il Distretto del New Jersey Un'altra grande sc...

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The Piave Club of Columbus, Ohio, established in 1919 by American men of Italian heritage, is Central Ohio’s oldest Italian American social and service organization. In 2019, the club proudly celebrated its 100th anniversary, marking a century of tradition and community engagement. Named after the Piave River, a historic site in northeast Italy, th...

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